Thank you to everybody who took part in last week's challenge.

The 2022 IAF Gold Cup is now concluded; please check the separate post for details.

Congratulations to the medallists from last week's challenge:

· Gold: soup_btw (452); GoldenHair74 (325); retstyre (314); ymcmoots (262); MATI--sL (259); PokshaPan (258); CascadianLiberty (255); gabrieleboh (253);

· Silver: catoplayer (228); Tielsie (209); 1PrawdziwyPolak (189); RaytheGunExplosion (184);

Willie393 (180); Boltenhagen4 (178); Athlonian (178); Tsukumowan (177);

· Bronze: ydr0 (168); Tygret (166); Voetbalgek604 (148); Sup3r_poop (141); DoIHaveToExplainThis (130); Far-Operation-5262 (117); Larantinies (110); Echodart (110); HopeNotTake (106); Character_Regret4270 (103); balalaikaswag (103);

Your flairs have been awarded.

The special flair was awarded to CascadianLiberty, which had 54 countries/territories.

Beat the moderator; my result for last week's challenge was 325, with 54 countries/territories

https://cityquiz.io/quizzes/world/share/759017

The following user beat my score; you received 1 IBTM medal.

· soup_btw (452);

I will be busy next week, so that I will post two challenges this week. The next post will be in 2023. Happy New Year, all!!!

The two challenges posted today don't have any medals; they are just for fun. I thought a break was in place to go and enjoy time with family and friends. The next medal challenge will be in 2023.

Thus I propose these two challenges.

Challenge 1: Ask a friend

Since it's a time when people gather together, it would be interesting to ask other people to try to name as many cities as they know. It can be anyone, family member, friend, neighbour, or some random guy from the street—ideally, someone who doesn't know too many or isn't very good at geography.

I asked my fiancée to try, and boy she got frustrated fast because she couldn't remember cities. Her result was 112 cities, ☹

https://cityquiz.io/quizzes/world/share/794310

Challenge 2: Free choice map

For this one, you can create any map you want; for example, I made a map with all the places I visited, which can be found on the map.

https://cityquiz.io/quizzes/world/share/770301

The current ranking:

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Thank you for taking part in these challenges.

I will see you in 2023. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Good luck!